Improvement in plows



UNITED VSrnfrins JOHN DE M ENT, 0F

PATENT .Orr-ICE.,

DIXON', iLLINoIs.

IMPROVEMENT IN- PLows.

Speciication forining part of Le. ters Pat-ent No. 43,978, dated August 30, 18611.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN DEMENT, ot'.Dix

44on, in Lee county, and State of Illinois, have in- -vented certain new and useful Improvements iand figures of reference marked thereon, making 'part "of tn's'spee'ieation.

Figures land 2 inthe annexed drawings repm resent side elevations 'of my plow. -Fig. 3 is a rear-viewer end elevation ofthe same.

. N represents the beam, a'nd I) the handles, of the plow. f

A and C' represent two standards,- which unite midway between the landside-bar It and beam N, and then divide int'o two arms, the left arm being secured to the benin N with a bolt which penetrates the beam, and the right arm resting against th under surface of beam N. The standard A descends from its point of junction with C in aline some two or three inches inside of bar l1, and-then curves outward until it reaches h, to which it is fastened by a bolt, or in any other suitable manner. By this construction of standard A the landsidc is relieved from clogging and unnecessary friction. Standard U isfastened to bar lL in the same manner as standard A.

B .represents a brace,- the lower end of .which is bolted to the side of standard A, and4 its upper end is bolted to the side of beam N. From this point its extension (marked g') curves lto the left until it reaches' the left handle', D, against which it rests. The extension-brace g' has near its end an oblong` slot, for thepurpose hereinafter described.

g2 represents another brace, similar in construction to ,f1/,and fastened to the plow-beam with the same bolt that penetrates g. The uppcr end ot" (/zis slotted in the saine manner asg.`

in represents a metal rod which passes through thetwo hand'lesothe plow andthrough the slots in g and g2. Screws are cut on each end of rod m, and each end furnished with two nuts, one on the inner and one on the outer side oi"plowhandles. By means ot' the rod 'iny and the slots in the bracesthe plow-handles` can be raised or lowered, so as -to' be adapted to the stature ot' the plowman. At the same time g and g2 answer the purpose'of strong braces to the plow-handles. Mymode of adf' jnsting the handlesis the simplest and the most substantial yet adopted, and adds nothing to the cost of construction. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The standard A, the brace B, with connectin g-braces g and g2, and rod m,-the whole con-l structed and arranged in the manner and for the purpose substantially as. herein set forth.`

JOHN DEMEN-r.

' Attest: y v i HENRY D. DEMENT,

GEO. I. BERGEN. 

